Bull-leaping in Ancient Greece was a ritual frequently featured in Minoan art. In it, participants (usually male) would grab a bull by the horns and when it lifted its head to shake them off, participants flew in to the air and did flips or other acrobatic moves. Murals, statues, jewelry and clay sculptures have been found depicting the ritual. The reason for the ritual is unclear, however many have made plausible theories. Some believe it to be religious, others think that it was performed in a coming-of-age ceremony.Some think bull-leaping contributed to the domestication of animals since the bulls were captured and held. The inclusion of bull-leaping in Minoan art illustrates the significance of ritual in Minoan culture.
YOUR COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAY should be located here on your wiki
Example for World of the Polis/Greece and the Wider World
by DH
http://www.historynet.com/weaponry-greek-phalanx.htm http://www.livius.org/pha-phd/phalanx/phalanx.html http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Greeks/kapost/ship.html Ancient Greece’s Military Forces
Greece’s military was exceptional on land and sea. The hoplite and phalanx dominated any fight. The hoplites were citizen-soldiers rich enough to afford weapons and armors. A Hoplites weapons were a long spear that was used for most of the battle and a sword to kill any remaing enemy soldiers after the Phalanx broke through. The Hoplite is armored with A tall bronze shield, a bronze breastplate, and a skirt of stiff linen. The Phalanx was a square formation of Hoplites with men armed shoulder to shoulder with spears sticking out forming a nearly impenetrable wall. The Greeks became adept at maneuvering the phalanxes by each man moving his spear and then turning never allowing a break in the wall of shields. Once the spears had done their work and the enemy were falling apart the hoplites pull out their swords and finish off the remaining enemies. Greece’s navy was just as efficient and powerful. The trireme was the warship used by the Greeks. 120 feet long and narrow armed with 170 rowers, 4 archers, 14 spearmen, and 25 sailors and officers. The front of the triremes are equipped with battering rams that can cripple enemy ships. The triremes are quick and maneuverable and smash their ram into the enemy ship or brush the side of the ship and snap off the oars leaving the ship useless. The Greeks were adept at both naval and land combat and so were extremely hard to beat.
Persia defeated
Greece had outmaneuvered and outsmarted the Persian’s at every battle and they delivered the final crushing blow at the Battle of Platea . Greece had already defeated Persia at Thermopylae, Marathon, and Salamis, so Platea was the icing on the cake. After the battle of Salamis, Xerxes left Greece but he kept a large force under command of General Mardonius there. Mardonius burned Athens and everything else in his path and then settled down for the winter in plain in the middle of Greece. The Greeks lead by the Spartan’s positioned themselves in the foothills of Mt. Cithaeron. Mardonius attempted to draw out the Greek’s with his cavalry and when that failed attempted to separate them from their supplies. Eventually, the Greeks went down to the plain and small battles broke out. The Greeks managed to cut off some of the Persian’s supplies while the Persian’s poisoned the Greek’s water. The Greek general, Pausanias, sent less experienced troops to find a new water supply, this action caused Mardonius to believe that Greeks had split and so he charged. The Greeks then rallied together and defeated the Persians. This was the fourth major victory for the Greeks and the last main battle but it still took a long while to finally put an end to the Persian Wars. http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/persianwars/g/Plataea.htm
NOTES FROM CLASS
Example for Early Greeks:
by MGJ
Bull-Leaping
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2005/20050124/bull-leaping-a.shtml
Bull-leaping in Ancient Greece was a ritual frequently featured in Minoan art. In it, participants (usually male) would grab a bull by the horns and when it lifted its head to shake them off, participants flew in to the air and did flips or other acrobatic moves. Murals, statues, jewelry and clay sculptures have been found depicting the ritual. The reason for the ritual is unclear, however many have made plausible theories. Some believe it to be religious, others think that it was performed in a coming-of-age ceremony.Some think bull-leaping contributed to the domestication of animals since the bulls were captured and held. The inclusion of bull-leaping in Minoan art illustrates the significance of ritual in Minoan culture.
YOUR COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAY should be located here on your wiki
Example for World of the Polis/Greece and the Wider World
by DH
http://www.historynet.com/weaponry-greek-phalanx.htm
http://www.livius.org/pha-phd/phalanx/phalanx.html
http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Greeks/kapost/ship.html
Ancient Greece’s Military Forces
Greece’s military was exceptional on land and sea. The hoplite and phalanx dominated any fight. The hoplites were citizen-soldiers rich enough to afford weapons and armors. A Hoplites weapons were a long spear that was used for most of the battle and a sword to kill any remaing enemy soldiers after the Phalanx broke through. The Hoplite is armored with A tall bronze shield, a bronze breastplate, and a skirt of stiff linen. The Phalanx was a square formation of Hoplites with men armed shoulder to shoulder with spears sticking out forming a nearly impenetrable wall. The Greeks became adept at maneuvering the phalanxes by each man moving his spear and then turning never allowing a break in the wall of shields. Once the spears had done their work and the enemy were falling apart the hoplites pull out their swords and finish off the remaining enemies. Greece’s navy was just as efficient and powerful. The trireme was the warship used by the Greeks. 120 feet long and narrow armed with 170 rowers, 4 archers, 14 spearmen, and 25 sailors and officers. The front of the triremes are equipped with battering rams that can cripple enemy ships. The triremes are quick and maneuverable and smash their ram into the enemy ship or brush the side of the ship and snap off the oars leaving the ship useless. The Greeks were adept at both naval and land combat and so were extremely hard to beat.
Persia defeated
Greece had outmaneuvered and outsmarted the Persian’s at every battle and they delivered the final crushing blow at the Battle of Platea . Greece had already defeated Persia at Thermopylae, Marathon, and Salamis, so Platea was the icing on the cake. After the battle of Salamis, Xerxes left Greece but he kept a large force under command of General Mardonius there. Mardonius burned Athens and everything else in his path and then settled down for the winter in plain in the middle of Greece. The Greeks lead by the Spartan’s positioned themselves in the foothills of Mt. Cithaeron. Mardonius attempted to draw out the Greek’s with his cavalry and when that failed attempted to separate them from their supplies. Eventually, the Greeks went down to the plain and small battles broke out. The Greeks managed to cut off some of the Persian’s supplies while the Persian’s poisoned the Greek’s water. The Greek general, Pausanias, sent less experienced troops to find a new water supply, this action caused Mardonius to believe that Greeks had split and so he charged. The Greeks then rallied together and defeated the Persians. This was the fourth major victory for the Greeks and the last main battle but it still took a long while to finally put an end to the Persian Wars.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/persianwars/g/Plataea.htm